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US 2015/0107327 A1Published application
Support for a grain bin floor and method of making the same
AssigneeSukup Manufacturing Company
InventorsSteven E. Sukup, Tun Ge, William C. Shepherd, Charles E. Sukup
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Abstract
A floor support for a grain bin floor made from a sheet of galvanized steel having a top surface, a bottom surface and flat ends. The floor support has a plurality of flanges and notches disposed within the top surface and a plurality of openings disposed through the sheet of galvanized steel. Positioned between each opening is a first bend. Positioned on either side of selected first bends is a second bend thereby forming a z-shaped floor support.
Claims2
1-6. (canceled)
A corrugating die for forming a floor support for a grain bin, comprising:
- a top section having a plurality of die blocks slidably connected to a plurality of cylinders;
- a bottom section having a plurality of die blocks slidably connected to a plurality of support members;
- wherein the top die blocks move toward a top stationary block in relation to the cylinders and the bottom die blocks move toward a bottom stationary block in relation to the support members when a sheet of metal is pressed between the top section and the bottom section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.